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The Paradox of Creativity in Art Education

Bourdieu and Socio-cultural Practice

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Authors:
  1. Kerry Thomas

    1. School of Education, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia

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  • Proposes a potential resolution to the paradox of creativity in art education
  • Uses Bourdieu as a lens through which to view ongoing exchanges between students and their teacher
  • Gives space to allow the emergence of creative agency

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 1-16

  3. Sampling Alternative Conceptions of Creativity

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 17-31

  4. Conceiving of Creativity as a Socio-Cultural Practice

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 33-44

  5. The Study of Creative Practice in the Particularities of the Art Classroom

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 45-60

  6. The Shaping of Creative Experience and Possibilities in the Art Classroom: Grounded Narratives

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 61-93

  7. Celebrating the Ingenuity and Mystery of the Cultural Achievement of Creativity: Animating the Workings of the Art Classroom

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 95-125

  8. Reconceptualising Creativity

    • Kerry Thomas
    Pages 127-139

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 141-152
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About this book

This book examines the paradox of creativity in art education and proposes a possible resolution. Based on the findings of a longitudinal ethnographic study as a particular case of creative practice in art education, this book is underpinned by Bourdieu’s concepts of the habitus, symbolic capital and misrecognition. The author offers an insightful account of social reasoning within creative practice in the senior school art classroom, examining ongoing exchanges between students and their teacher. Ultimately, these exchanges culminate in actions, beliefs and desires about what is creatively conceivable in the making of art, while providing confirmation without corruption of the pedagogical role of the art teacher. Allowing the context of creative agency to emerge afresh, this book will be of interest and value to art educators and teachers committed to fostering the creative performances of students in any field.

Reviews

“Reading the chapters chronologically, however, is beneficial and recommended for those who wish to trace motifs in Thomas’s argument and understand how these contribute to the resolution that is proposed to the dilemma of creativity in art education.” (Rah Kirsten, Studies in Art Education, Vol. 62 (1), 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia

    Kerry Thomas

About the author

Kerry Thomas is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Education at UNSW Sydney, Australia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Paradox of Creativity in Art Education

  • Book Subtitle: Bourdieu and Socio-cultural Practice

  • Authors: Kerry Thomas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21366-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21365-7Published: 09 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21368-8Published: 09 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21366-4Published: 29 July 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 152

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Creativity and Arts Education, Learning & Instruction, Teaching and Teacher Education, Sociology of Education

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